tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon May 18 13:09:36 1998
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Azetbur in ST6
- From: Steven Boozer <[email protected]>
- Subject: Azetbur in ST6
- Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 15:06:29 -0500 (CDT)
Lt. Cdr. Sarah Barrows wrote:
: Sydney!
: a.k.a. Lt. Cdr. Sarah Barrows, Starfleet
: -------------
: "QamvIS Hegh qaq law' torvIS yIn qaq puS." - "It's better to die on our feet
: than to live on our knees."
: - Klingon Chancellor Azetbur, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
: - Midnight Oil, Power and the Passion
I noticed that the attribution of the quote in your .signature is incorrect
-- Azetbur didn't say it, Brigadier Kerla did. In fact, she and her father
were opposed to that particular attitude, to the obvious amazement of her
General Staff.
Here's my transcript of the scene: Klingon, subtitles and lines from the
novelization, where different:
Azetbur: ghu'maj Dayajbe'law', Sa'.
[not subtitled]
("You don't seem to grasp our situation, General." [novel])
Azetbur: notlh veS 'a toH manotlhchoH <chenmoH ...> (?!)
"War is obsolete, General...as we are in danger of becoming."
(War is...obsolete. As we are in danger of becoming. [novel])
Kerla: QamvIS Hegh qaq law' torvIS yIn qaq puS!
"Better to die on our feet than live on our knees."
Azetbur: 'e' neHbe' vavwI'.
"That wasn't what my father wanted."
If anyone has a better transcription of Azetbur's "War is obsolete" line,
please let me know. I must have listened to it over a dozen times but
couldn't quite make out what she said after {manotlhchoH}. Keep in mind, it
probably isn't an exact translation of the English.
Voragh